19 SEPTEMBER 1914, Page 24

The Boy's Own Book of Heroism and Adventure (Religious Tract

Society, 48. 6d. net) is a collection of stories edited by Mr. A. R. Buckland and written by various bands. Most of them are obviously fiction, and not very good fiction; the adventures of Tiny Tim among the cowboys, and the octopus which climbed up a lighthouse, are decidedly unconvincing. But Mr. Buckland has included some true stories which no one can read without a thrill of pleasure.